Ground Floor: on vaginismus, vulvodynia, and other ways we brace17 Sep

Vaginismus Explained: What Actually Shifted for Elena

Vaginismus, Explained: What Actually Shifted for Elena. Why the body sometimes waits until it's safe enough to finally speak A fictional case study, built from repeated patterns Naomi's seen in her practice: Eleanor, 34, eighteen months into the healthiest relationship she's ever had, whose body started saying no to penetration around month eight with no obvious trigger, and a partner who's patient, attentive, and safe. Why this timing isn't cruel or confusing, it's logical: vaginismus emerging inside a safe relationship is often the nervous system finally pausing long enough to let something it's been holding all along surface, not a malfunction caused by the relationship itself. Practical first steps that don't start with penetration: separating touch from "touch always leads to sex," and building felt safety outside the bedroom before addressing what happens inside it. It's the only vaginismus podcast episode you're going to need if you are feeling safe in your relationship but still have vaginismus.

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Smear Tests with Vaginismus, Vulvodynia and Fear

If the thought of a smear test feels a world away from your reality, this episode is for you. On this episode of Ground Floor I talk about cervical screening when there's pain, fear, vaginismus or vul...

25 Sep 31min

Vaginismus & Vulvodynia: It Sometimes Shows Up After You Feel Safer

A deep, thorough return to vaginismus and vulvodynia both understood as bracing. Here we discuss why we have to work not just physically but holistically with the body. Vaginismus is held in the pelvi...

4 Sep 32min

When Rest Doesn't Restore: Why the Pelvic Floor Braces Under Chronic Stress

If your period pain has gotten worse, your cycle's shifted, or sex doesn't feel the way it used to, your nervous system might be the reason. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why chronic stress and hyper...

10 Juni 33min

Quietly Furious: What Resentment Is Doing to Your Pelvic Floor

Resentment isn't a character flaw instead it's a signal. In this episode, Naomi unpacks why so many "fine, functioning" women are quietly furious, and why that resentment so often shows up as bracing ...

14 Maj 19min

Why Analogue Feels Like Mothering Myself

Naomi on the link between digital overwhelm and a nervous system stuck on high alert: flip phones, paper books, Swatch watches, and why she quit Instagram all recorded from a beach in Morocco mid-van-...

22 Apr 32min

You're Surrounded By People: So Why Do You Still Feel Alone?

It's 2026. We understand the solutions so why aren't we living what we already know? Naomi challenges the idea that women actually want the community they say they want, through the story of "Sophia" ...

9 Apr 28min

Meet Jenna: A Body That Closes, a Body That Says No

Meet Jenna, 35: she lives with vaginismus, where the vaginal muscles involuntarily contract, making penetration painful or impossible. This is a fictitious client profile, one of an ongoing series bui...

26 Mars 24min